By Camila Crews Hip-hop has always been America's foster child. Born on the cold, cement streets and in the dangerous halls of public housing buildings, hip-hop was a way of expression for blacks -- just as jazz was before it. Eventually, hip-hop found a home in the music...

This Saturday the Northeastern men's and women's track teams will play host to 14 different schools at the Reggie Lewis Track and Field Center for the fifth installment of the annual Husky Indoor Invitational. The 14 team field of visitors are Boston College, Bentley, Colgate,...

By Briyah Paley There are some tragedies in this world that your own eyes need to see in order to believe. Award-winning photo journalist James Nachtwey used his camera to open the eyes of the world to things many people would not have seen. The Human Rights Watch International...

Northeastern coach Bruce Crowder had a lot of things on his mind last night following NU's 3-2 loss at Amherst. Tonight, after a day where the team practiced on the power play, thought of Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett's fumble recovery in the Fiesta Bowl and a strong...

AMHERST - A theme is developing in the Northeastern locker room. The Huskies, who are now 2-12-1 in Hockey East, dropped their latest Hockey East game losing to Amherst 3-2 after holding a 2-0 lead. Even with the loss, the Huskies still lay claim to the 8th and final playoff...

By Max Lederman The men's basketball team got just what the doctor ordered last weekend: a home game against a weak New Hampshire team. "We needed to win," said freshman guard Jose Juan Barea. "We need to keep winning," he added. They not only beat New Hampshire (3-13, 1-4...

By Lea Schmidt Boston is an amazing city. It's the ideal place to go to school. Well, almost ideal. If there's one thing the city lacks, it's 24-hour diners -- or 24-hour anything for that matter. For those students from Long Island and New Jersey, the thing missed most, next...

By Bradley Rosenberg Last Sunday, at the New York Armory track, Northeastern beat nine other teams to win the Great Dane Classic. While the outcome was in doubt midway through the meet, the Huskies came back in the final two events to garner a score of 118.5 and the win. "The...

I went to the local "Bed, Bath, and Beyond" the other day. I didn't really care about the Bed or the Bath, but, man, did I ever want to see that Beyond. Turns out it was just a Starbucks. I had a dream the other day. Starbucks was there, as well (and, of course, Denise Richards,...

Last Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony was taken very seriously by some peers. I met this boy through a friend the night before the Golden Globes who said, "some people have beer and pizza for the Super Bowl, I get the beer and pizza for the Golden Globes. I take those things...

She has been likened to caffeine, a southern belle and a southern spitfire, but to some of her colleagues, "She's just Karen." Vice President of Student Affairs Karen Rigg announced last Friday that she will be leaving the university and entering early retirement effective...

Men's track sophomore sprinter Idris Payne has been selected as this week's NU News Player of the Week. It is the second week in a row Payne has been selected. At last weekend's Great Dane Classic in New York City, Payne tied a 23-year-old record in the 400 with his time of...